The effect of oestrogen on political allegiance...

This from thelocal.de:

"Before undergoing a sex change to become a woman, Monika Strub was a member of Germany's neo-Nazi NPD party. But ten years later, she is running for Baden-Württemberg's state parliament for the socialist party The Left".

The paper euphemises somewhat - Die Linke / The Left party is the successor in title to the German 'Democrtatic' Republics' Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands.  It is part of the GUE/NGL coalition referenced yesterday. 

Meanwhile it does rather make one wonder about some of our home grown extemists and where they might end up if Eves were to become Steves and vice versa.

What's wrong with Otto or Brünnhilde?

I ask, as the results for the top ten names for German newborns in 2010 are in, and neither of those monikers feature (2009 results in brackets)

Boys
1. Maximilian (1)
2. Alexander (2)
3. Paul (4)
4. Leon (3)
5. Lukas/Lucas (8)
6. Luca/Luka (5)
7. Elias (6)
8. Louis/Luis (11)
9. Jonas (9)
10. Felix (7)

Girls
1. Sophie/Sofie (2)
2. Marie (1)
3. Maria (3)
4. Sophia/Sofia (7)
5. Mia (6)
6. Anna (4)
7. Lena (9)
8. Emma (5)
9. Hannah/Hanna (11)
10. Johanna (10) 

I would think that of that lot only Lukas is a dead giveaway for ethnic identity.  Thank are due to thelocal.de, where I found this.